Open High Speed Internet Access (fwd)

[Barb Avonia Weismann]

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:41:47 EDT
From: Cofen99 at aol.com
To: Cfjhammond at aol.com
Subject: Open High Speed Internet Access

Dear friend of open access:

Earlier this year you sent a message to the King County Council supporting 
open access to the Internet on AT&T/TCI's cable television system.  (Your 
e-mail address was obtained from public records.)  I am part of a coalition 
supporting open access and want to let you know of an important development.

Last February, the Council appointed an Expert Review Panel to study whether 
open access was technically feasible and whether allowing AT&T to exclusively 
use their affiliated provider (Excite at Home) would be anti-competitive.  Open 
access is feasible and AT&T's monopoly is anti-competitive!  But the panel 
might find otherwise.  It is being lobbied hard by AT&T.  Panel members need 
to hear from consumers who support open access.  The panel's work is almost 
complete and they will make recommendations to the County Council soon.  The 
panel's recommendations could have national implications as other 
jurisdictions and the FCC is watching what is happening here.

The panel is holding a public hearing on Monday, October 18th, at 6:00 p.m. 
in the County Council Chambers, 10th Floor, King County Courthouse, 516 Third 
Ave., Seattle.  Please attend and make your views known.  It will make a 
difference!

If you cannot attend, send an e-mail to the panel's consultant: Ernie Ting at 
erniet at aya.yale.edu

This is the only message you will be sent.  If you want to be kept up to date 
as this issue evolves, please reply.

Sincerely,

Jim Hammond

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